LIGHT Yes; it is from here that all the children come who are born upon our earth. Each awaits his day.... When the fathers and mothers want children, the great doors which you see there, on the right, are opened and the little ones go down....
TYLTYL What a, lot there are! What a lot there are!...
LIGHT There are many more.... We do not see them all.... There are thirty thousand halls like this, all full of them.... Just think, there are enough to last to the end of the world!... No one could count them....
TYLTYL And those tall blue persons, who are they?...
LIGHT No one exactly knows.... They are believed to be guardians.... I have heard that they will come upon earth after men.... But we are not allowed to ask them....
TYLTYL Why not?...
LIGHT Because it is the earth's secret....
TYLTYL And may one talk to the others, the little ones?...
LIGHT Certainly; you must make friends.... Look, there is one who is more curious than the rest.... Go up to him, speak to him....
TYLTYL What shall I say to him?...